In This Issue - April 2007

Icons are meant to be challenged; Audi takes its best shot against the Porsche 911 with its mid-engine supercar, the R8. Detroit Editor Shaun Bailey drives it; and Editor-at-Large Paul Frère scrutinizes its inner workings, from the direct-injected 4.2-liter V-8 to its sophisticated all-wheel-drive system.

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First, Audi dominated with the R8 LMP car; now here's its road-going namesake, with a 420-bhp mid-mounted V-8 and awd
— By Shaun Bailey